Required Reading: https://www.pandastrike.com/posts/20150304-agile My takeaway quote? "Scrum lags behind the modern toolchain enough that there can be a Potemkin village vibe to the whole thing." I was clued into this from another takeaway quote someone seconded on Twitter: "Waterfall used too much written communication, but …

From a sound engineer I know:

https://www.avid.com/US/products/pro-tools-software#Features

This is the new Pro Tools, it's now a subscription, for a mere $200 a year to stay current. However, if you peruse the list of new features, they all say "coming soon". You pay a …

There's much to learn. The idea of digesting knowledge down to a pithy little proverb is interesting.

https://github.com/AntJanus/programmers-proverbs

http://futurice.com/blog/programmer-proverbs

http://quotes.cat-v.org/programming/bumper-sticker-computer-science

Some of it's new to me. Some of it's timeless.

Also, this http://www.bowdoin.edu/~ltoma …

Seems silly at first.

http://blogs.perceptionsystem.com/infographic/java-vs-python-programming-language-productive

It's mostly true. It's also incomplete.

For example, "no tuples in Java" ignores http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-lang/apidocs/org/apache/commons/lang3/tuple/package-summary.html.

It seems like the only interesting takeaway from the infographic is that Java …

In Montreal! How cool is that? I'll be working for my current employer, also a sponsor, to locate Python talent. I'll have a few copies of my books that I can give away. Most importantly, the promotional code PYCON_LOTT gives 50% off my Packt titles and runs from April 7th …

Years ago -- many years ago -- I self-published three books on Python. I also set up a Google Group, Building Skills Books, for a discussion area. For a while, I check my download logs carefully to see how the book was being received. Then I became a tech nomad, and commenced …

We have three major tiers of configuration for applications. Within each tier, we have sub-tiers, larding on yet more complexity. The organization of the layers is a bit fungible, too. Making good choices can be rather complex because there are so many variations on the theme of "configuration". The desktop …

New Kindle Edition of Building Skills in Object-Oriented Design.

It seems to work okay in my Kindle Readers.

I'm not sure it's really formatted completely appropriately. I'm not a book designer. But before I fuss around with font sizes, I think I need to spend some time on several more …

Wound up here: "A Place to Hang Your Hat" and the #LABHR hash tag.

H/T to this post: "Building a Hat Rack."

This is a huge idea. I follow some folks from the Code For America group. The +Mark Headd Twitter feed (@mheadd) is particularly helpful for understanding this …